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Novell NetWare SAN rules
This section describes the SAN rules for Novell NetWare.
For current storage system support, see the SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock .
You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
Table 108 describes the SAN configuration rules for Novel NetWare. Table 109 describes support
for Novell NetWare multipathing coexistence.
Table 108 NetWare SAN configuration rules
NetWare SAN rules Storage systems
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• Zoning is required when NetWare is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems.
• Supports NetWare Cluster Services. For specific version support, contact an HP storage representative.
• Supports multipathing high-availability configuration in multiple fabrics or in a single fabric with zoned
paths.
All supported
• Supports boot from SAN. For more information, see “ XP and VA SAN boot support ” on page 268.
• EVA4000/4100/6000/6100/8000/8100 with NetWare Clusters supports up to the maximum number
of nodes supported by NetWare.
XP48
XP512
XP128
XP1024
XP10000
XP12000
XP20000
XP24000 VA7100
EVA4000
EVA4100
EVA6000
EVA6100
EVA8000
EVA8100
• Zoning is required when NetWare is used in a heterogeneous SAN with other operating systems.
• Supports active/active or active/passive failover mode.
• Multipathing: Requires Secure Path for active/passive failover and NetWare MPIO for active/active
failover when configured with two or more paths. Failover configurations support clusters with a maximum
of 16 nodes.
• Supports connection of single HBA servers.
• For HP Continuous Access EVA configuration information, see “ HP Continuous Access EVA SAN integ-
ration ” on page 254.
NetWare 6.5
• Supports NetWare Clusters with up to 16 nodes when using VCS 3 x and NetWare 6.5. VCS 4 x
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supported up to the maximum number of nodes supported by NetWare.
EVA3000
EVA5000
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